Lot Essay
Item one: with old collection label.
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OLD KINGDOM, CIRCA 2200 B.C.
Details
TWO EGYPTIAN ALABASTER VESSELS
OLD KINGDOM, CIRCA 2200 B.C.
A flask with tapering body and everted rim, rim chipped, 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high; and a small cylindrical container, 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) high; an anhydrite(?) stone flask with tapering body, probably Middle Kingdom, circa 1800 B.C., 2½ in. (6.5 cm.) high; an alabaster alabastron, with twin lug handles, circa 600 B.C., 4 in. (10.2 cm.) high; a bright turquoise glazed composition eye of Horus, circa 7th-4th Century B.C., 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) wide; a single bronze eye inlay, circa 4th-1st Century B.C., 2¾ in. (7 cm.) long; and a group of other Egyptian bronze and faience objects, mainly 4th-1st Century B.C.(a lot)
OLD KINGDOM, CIRCA 2200 B.C.
A flask with tapering body and everted rim, rim chipped, 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high; and a small cylindrical container, 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) high; an anhydrite(?) stone flask with tapering body, probably Middle Kingdom, circa 1800 B.C., 2½ in. (6.5 cm.) high; an alabaster alabastron, with twin lug handles, circa 600 B.C., 4 in. (10.2 cm.) high; a bright turquoise glazed composition eye of Horus, circa 7th-4th Century B.C., 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) wide; a single bronze eye inlay, circa 4th-1st Century B.C., 2¾ in. (7 cm.) long; and a group of other Egyptian bronze and faience objects, mainly 4th-1st Century B.C.(a lot)
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner's great great uncle (d. 1940) and late brother.
Special notice
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Sale room notice
Please note that the large eye amulet at the bottom of the illustration on page 151 has been wrongly numbered and is part of lot 277 not lot 260.